EAC secretariat sensitize golfers

By Vision Reporter

THE East African Community (EAC) Secretariat over the weekend sensitized over 100 members of the Kenya Railway Golf Club during the EAC Golf Tournament in Nairobi, Kenya.

A one-day tournament organized by the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)-Kenya Chapter and sponsored by the EAC Secretariat attracted over 100 golfers and other invited guests.

The EAC Golf Tournament which was being held for the first time was part of an outreach programme for the Secretariat to members of the Kenya Railways Golf Club in Nairobi.

Addressing the golfers who had participated during the presentation of the awards to the winners, Kenyan EALA MP Hon Peter Mathuki urged members of the Kenya Railway Golf Club to embrace the spirit of regional integration, adding that the people of East African shared a common destiny. 

Hon Mathuki who represented the Speaker of EALA, Right Hon. Daniel Kidega, as the Chief Guest informed the Club that the EAC has recorded major milestones towards integration including the successful implementation of the EAC Single Customs Territory (SCT) along the Northern Corridor which has resulted into the speedy delivery of cargo from Mombasa to Kigali, a development likely to reduce the cost of doing business in the region.

Under the EAC Single Customs Territory, which came into effect on June 1st, 2014, importers can now clear their goods at the points of entry with revenues being collected at a single point, in this case the ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. The revenues are then submitted to the destination Partner States.

The legislator said that sports activities across the continent had brought individuals and communities together by highlighting the commonalities among them and at the same time bridging the cultural or ethnic differences.

The EAC Secretariat used the tournament to sensitize on the progress being made in the regional integration process by the Partner States in various sectors.